Innovations in Gov 2.0

Walton Smith and Grant McLaughlin, Principals with Booz Allen Hamilton, will discuss how technology can be used to advance the Gov 2.0 principles of openness, transparency, and participation to meet stakeholder collaboration needs. They will highlight best practices, lessons learned, and results delivered for clients from across the public sector.

Walton Smith

Booz Allen Hamilton

Walton Smith is one of Booz Allen’s thought leaders in Enterprise/Gov 2.0. Walton’s entrepreneurial approach has led Booz Allen teams to design, develop and implement social media strategies for government agencies and private sector clients. Currently he leads the firm’s internal corporate investment strategy to bolster the Knowledge Management and Information Sharing Program including the Hello.bah.com platform. Mr. Smith steered the successful Enterprise/Gov 2.0 engagement across multiple teams improving the flow of information to and from consulting staff, and increasing the value of collaborative outcomes. He ensured adoption and usage of the new enterprise program by integrating change management strategy with the implementation of IT technologies including social networking and enterprise search. Mr. Smith previously led the successful implementation of two firm wide Business Process Reengineering (BPR) efforts, and the firm’s Microsoft SharePoint implementation.

Grant McLaughlin

Booz Allen Hamilton

Grant McLaughlin is a Principal with Booz Allen Hamilton’s Organization Change Team and he has more than fifteen years of experience in the areas of strategic communications, change management/change communications, marketing, public education and stakeholder outreach, participatory decision-making, strategic management analysis, and implementation. His most recent experiences have centered on assisting U.S. government organizations move through change as a result of a transformation, modernization or implementation of a new service offering. He has extensive experience in establishing, fostering and maintaining partnering relationships among stakeholders with state, local and Federal agencies.
Mr. McLaughlin holds a Bachelor of Art degree in Communications from Bethany College, a Master of Art degree in Political Management from The George Washington University. In addition he has earned a certificate in public participation from the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2), a certificate in environmental management and sustainability from The George Washington University, and certificates in measurement and evaluation and organizational development from Georgetown University.

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Daniel Hudson

05/26/2010 12:10am EDT

Walton Smith is the gentle giant with the golden heart. I worked on Walton’s team creating the architecture, development, and design of Booz Allen Hamilton’s award winning (great tips here too) Enterprise 2.0 Platform. Walton does an amazing job at sharing “Real World” stories from his vast experience that will help you and your team.

Grant McLaughlin is a great captain for guiding your organization through the sea of change. Adoption & Change can look like a horrific storm, but Grant and his crew know how calm the waves of resistance. Steve Radick is one of these crew members. I know Steve. He is always willing to go that extra mile to support his clients and teammates. This is a reflection of the leadership of Grant McLaughlin. Great leaders don’t create followers, they create leaders.

This session will have plenty of tasty morsels. Come hungry and bring a big plate.